Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...